1 John 3
1 [Think about] how much our [heavenly] Father loves us! He allows us to (say that we are/be called) his children! [And it is indeed true that] we are [his children. But people in] the world [MTY] [who are unbelievers] have not understood [who] God [is]. So they do not understand [who we are], that we [belong to God].
Ira nin usu me sa aco aru me ma bezin duru, bati atitin duru ahana Asere, y a cukuno ane ani atisan duru, ine ini ya wuna une uda rusan duru ba, barki uda rusa me ba.
2 Dear friends, even though (at present/now) we are God’s children, [he] has not yet (made clear/revealed) [to us] what we will be like [in the future]. However, we know that when [Christ] comes back again, we will be like him, because we will see what he is [really] like.
Shi ahana iriba im, ana me daki amu poko imum me sa tizi ba. Ti rusa ingi Ugomo Asere ma aye tidi cukuno gusi meme, tidi iri me uzina umeme.
3 [So], all those who confidently expect [to see Christ as he actually is/what Christ is like when he returns] must keep themselves pure in every way, just like Christ, who is pure in every way.
Vat desa mazin ini iriba ini kara barki imum me i'eze in naje ma cukuno lau gusi meme.
4 But everyone who continues sinning is refusing to obey [God’s] laws, because that is what sin is, refusing to obey [God’s] laws.
Vat desa mare aje uni wuza imum iburi, ma game tize ta Asere tini, barki uwuza imum iburi unyarime Asere uni.
5 You know that Christ came in order to completely remove [the guilt of] our sins. You know also that he never sinned.
I rusa Yesu ma'e barki ma kari imum iburi ini, ahira ameme imum iburi izome ni.
6 Those who continue [doing what] Christ wants them to, do not continue sinning repeatedly. But those who repeatedly sin have not understood [who Christ is], nor have they had a close relationship with him.
Vat desa ma ciki anyimo ameme, mada wuza me imum iburi ba, da mamu ira me ba, mada taame me ba.
7 [So I urge you, ] who are all very dear to me, do not let anyone deceive you [by telling you that it is all right to sin]. If you continue doing what is right, you are righteous, just like Christ is righteous.
Shi ahana iriba im, kati i hem uye ma rangi shi, desa ma wuza imum ihuma, unu uhuma mani usanzi Uyesu.
8 [But] if anyone continues sinning, he is like the devil, because the devil has always been sinning. [And] the reason why God’s Son became a human being was to destroy what the devil has done.
Vat desa ma wuza imum iburi me vana ubibe bizen-zen mani, barki datti utuba unu uburi mamu unu wuza imum iburi mani. Ane ani vana Asere Yesu ma'e barki ma cari katuma ka unu uburi.
9 People do not continue sinning repeatedly if they have become children of God. Instead, [they] continue [to conduct their lives according to the character/nature that God produced in them] [MET]. They cannot continually sin because God has caused them to become his children.
Desa mazi vana Asere mani, mada wuza me imum iburi ba, barki bisana bi meme bi ciki anyimo ame mada wuza me imum iburi barki me vana Asere mani.
10 Those who are God’s children are clearly different from those who are (the devil’s/Satan’s) children. [The way that we can know who are Satan’s children is this]: Those who do not do what is right are not God’s children. [Specifically], those who do not love their fellow believers are not [God’s children Instead, they are Satan’s children].
Bisana bi Ugomo Asere nan bi unu buri bida zo me unu hunne me ba. Desa mada wuza me imum iriri ba, mada zoo me wa Asere ba, nani desa ma nyari me uhenu ume me. Anyimo
11 The message that you heard when you first [MTY] [believed in Christ] is that we should love each other.
Kadura ka zigine me sa ya kunna datti unu tuba, i canti nihenu memeru.
12 [We should] not [hate others] as did [Adam’s son], Cain, who belonged to [Satan], the evil one. [Because Cain hated his younger brother], he murdered him. (I will tell you about why he murdered his brother./Do you know why he murdered his brother [RHQ]?) It was because Cain habitually conducted his life in an evil way, and [he hated his younger brother] because his [younger] brother [conducted his life] righteously.
Kati i cukuno kasi Kayinu sa mazi vana uburi, d esa ma huu uhenu umeme, nyanini ya wuu ma huu me? Barki katuma ka maree, ku uhenu umeme karizi.
13 You should not be amazed/surprised, my fellow believers, when [unbelievers] [MTY] hate you.
Kati i gamari mu riba, nihenu ingi une wa gaa shi.
14 We know that we have been changed from [being spiritually] dead [MET] to [being spiritually] alive. We know this because we love our fellow believers. [Those who] do not love [their fellow believers] are still [spiritually] [MET] dead.
Na ti rusi tamu aka iwono, uhana uvengize barki unyara uni henu, desa mada nyara me nihenu ba ma ciki ticukum ti wono tini.
15 Those who hate [any of] their fellow believers, [God considers] [MET] them [to be] murderers. And you know that no murderer has eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
Desa ma game uhenu umeme, unu huza anu mani, u vengize urunta uzo me ume ba. (aiōnios g166)
16 The way that we now know [how to truly] love [our fellow believers is by remembering] that Christ (voluntarily died/gave his life) for us. So, [when our fellow believers need something, we should be willing to help them. We should even be willing to] die for them.
Ane ani ti rusa nihenu, kasi ahira iriba isheu Yeso ma nya nice nime ma wi barki haru. Ca haru cangi ti nya ace arunbarki anu henu aru.
17 Many [of us] have the things that are necessary for us to live in this world. If we become aware that any of our fellow believers do not have what they need and [if we] refuse to ([provide for them/give to them what they need]), it is clear that we do not love God [as we claim/say that we do].
Vat desa ma zin ini mum itari ma hira uhenu unu zati imum ma impo aje barkinkatti ma benki uhenume. Adi wu aneni agu ma rusa Asere?
18 [I say to] all of you whom I love dearly, let us not merely say [MTY] that [we love our fellow believers!] Let us genuinely/really love them by doing things [to help them]!
Shi ahana iriba im, kati ibezi i nyara nihenu in na nyo cas, bezi ni we anyimo atuma nan kadure.
19 When we [truly love our fellow believers], we can be sure that we are [conducting our lives according to] the true message. [As a result], we will not feel guilty/ashamed [when we talk] [MTY] to God.
A'ana me ani tidi bezi kadure karu, ti kuri ti hem in acce aru ahira Asere.
20 [We can pray confidently], because [although] we might feel guilty/ashamed [about our sins], God is (greater/more worthy to be trusted) than what we feel. He knows everything [about us].
Barki ingi muriba muru ma reki duru, Asere atekin duru ma kuri marusan inko nyani.
21 Dear friends, when we do not feel guilty [because of our sins], we can pray to God confidently.
Shi anu tarsa um, ingi daki muriba muru ma rekin duru ba tidi ha ahira Asere unu hem uru.
22 And, when we confidently pray to him and request [something from him], we receive it because we do what he commands [us to do], and because we do what pleases him.
Tidi kem vat imum me sa ta iko ahira ameme, barki ti tarsa tize ti meme, ta kuri ti ti wuza imum me sa ma nyara.
23 [I will tell you] what he commands [us to do]: [We must] believe that Jesus Christ is (his Son/the one who is also God). [We must] also love each other, just like he commanded [us to do].
U'inko utize Ugomo Asere wazigenne me vat unu tarsa ume ma hem invana umeme Yeso, ti kuri ti hem ina ce aru kasi ubuka Asere.
24 Those who do what God commands are ones who have a close relationship with God, and God has a close relationship with them. [I will tell you how] we can be sure that God has a close relationship with us: It is because [we have] his Spirit, whom he gave to us, that we can be sure that God has a close relationship with us.
Vat unu tarsa utize ta Asere ma ciki anyimo ameme ani. Ana ani ta tinka ma raa anyimo aru, barki bibe biriri sa ma nya duru.
